I dug this article that I wrote a long time ago out of the trash.  I hate reading my own writing, even more so if it’s old.  So considering how old this one is, it was pretty painful.  So I edited it to the point of rewrite.  I’m certainly not suggesting I am now a masterful spinner of lyrical prose, just by comparison I think I am now less worse.

So this article is really meant as an introductory to both ARGB color representation and bitwise operators.  Although as I tend to tangent my way across multiple topics, it’s also an explanation of numbering systems.  If you are used to seeing RGB instead of ARGB and wondering what the A is for, it is the alpha channel.  The title is also a bit of an exaggeration, there is plenty more to write about colors and their theory. Continue reading →